Do you envision finding a meaningful role with an inclusive and compassionate team? At Children’s Mercy, we believe in making a difference in the lives of all children and shining a light of hope to the patients and families we serve. Our employees make the difference, which is why we have been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a top pediatric hospital, for eleven consecutive years.

Children’s Mercy is in the heart of Kansas City – a metro abounding in cultural experiences, vibrant communities and thriving businesses. This is where our patients and families live, work and play. This is a community that has embraced our hospital and we strive to say thanks by giving back. As a leader in children’s health, we engage in meaningful programs and partnerships throughout the region so that we can improve the lives of children beyond the walls of our hospital.

Reporting to the Director of Planning and Design, the Program Manager of Facility Planning provides project support and coordination across the entire portfolio of requests and projects within the facilities department for scheduling, consistency of project parameters, space utilization, and resource management. The program manager will work closely with requesting departments and individuals throughout the organization. They will assist with management and execution of capital projects in partnership with facility department leaders and will be responsible for continuous improvement of the facility planning processes. The program manager will have responsibility to manage project scope and expectations from requesting departments to keep projects on schedule and on budget. Extensive documentation of decisions and consultation with facility department leaders on points of disagreement will be required.

This is an onsite role at our Main Hospital in KCMO. 

At Children’s Mercy, we are committed to ensuring that everyone feels welcomed within our walls. A successful candidate for this position will join us as we strive to create a workplace that reflects the community we serve, as well as our core values of kindness, curiosity, inclusion, team and integrity.

Additionally, it’s important to us that we remain transparent with all potential job candidates. Because we value the safety of the patients and families we serve, as well as the Children’s Mercy staff, we want to let you know that the seasonal influenza vaccine is a condition of employment for all employees in our organization. New employees must be willing to be vaccinated if found non-immune to measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) and chicken pox (varicella) and/or without evidence of tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination since 2005. If you are selected for this position, you will be asked to supply your immunization records as proof of vaccination. If you and have any concerns about receiving these vaccines, medical and/or religious exemptions can be further discussed with Human Resources.

Space Design Standards

• Maintain and implement standards for space design across all projects throughout the facilities portfolio.
• Work closely with requesting departments and vendors to specify and procure furniture when needed.
• Work closely with other members of the facility planning department to plan, coordinate, and execute projects related to space requests and moves with responsibility for design of systems furniture layouts and ancillary furniture selections.
• Plan, review, and execute furniture purchases related to capital projects in partnership with the Director of Planning and Design.
• Develop and implement a long-term strategy for maintenance updates to furniture across the organization. Regularly walk through the facility to evaluate existing and recently installed furniture.
• Establish and maintain documentation of furniture installations across the organization.
• Assist with management and prioritization of budget for maintenance furniture replacement.

Interior Finish Standards

• Maintain and implement standards for interior architectural finishes throughout the organization.
• Develop a long-term strategy for maintenance updates to interior finishes across the organization. Regularly walk through the facility to evaluate existing recently installed finishes.
• Work closely with other members of facilities department to maintain finish standards during maintenance repair project work.
• Plan, review, implement interior finish standards in capital projects in partnership with Director Planning Design.
• Establish maintain documentation finish upgrades across organization.
• Assist management prioritization budget maintenance finish upgrades.

Project Management

• Prioritize schedule coordinate space modifications moves partnership facilities planning in-house construction departments.
• Ensure proper project communication documentation projects scope responsibility.
• Partner architectural engineering consultants required in-house small capital project design.
• Manage oversee creation architectural engineering drawings small capital projects. Manage schedule milestones budget small capital projects partnership leaders.
• Coordinate construction project managers contractors during execution capital construction projects ensure compliance architectural drawings especially regards ensuring building interior finish standards.
• Collaborate department leaders management design larger construction projects. Attend design construction meetings alongside leaders.

Other Duties

• Assist review approval implementation signage artwork miscellaneous facilities requests across organization.
• Assist development annual project budget especially regards timing scheduled move furniture updates.
• Assist maintenance standard equipment lists collaboration construction teams. Utilize software related facility planning (Smartsheet, ServiceNow, AutoCAD, Bluebeam, others) provide input appropriate reports improvements. Collaborate marketing department ensure coordination between facility marketing designed appropriate.

• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Architectural Studies, Interior Design, or related field and 3-5 years' experience. Experience involving commerical furniture design, interior design, and/or architecture is essential. Experience with management of institutional or healthcare-specific furniture assets is preferred.
• NCIDQ, EDAC, or CHID certification Preferred within 180 Days

The benefits plans at Children’s Mercy are one of many reasons we are recognized as one of the best places to work in Kansas City. Our plans are designed to meet the changing needs of our employees and their families.

Our pay ranges are market competitive. The pay range for this job begins at $31.96/hr, but your salaried offer will be determined based upon your education and experience.

This position is not eligible to work remotely, which means that the person hired will be required to work onsite at one of our Children’s Mercy locations and may not work from home.

Children’s Mercy hires individuals based on their job skills, expertise and ability to maintain professional relationships with fellow employees, patients, parents and visitors. A personal interview, formal education and training, previous work experience, references and a criminal background investigation all are factors used to select the best candidates. The hospital does not discriminate against prospective or current employees based on the race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, creed, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry or veteran status. A drug screen will be performed upon hire. Children’s Mercy is smoke and tobacco free.

CM is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. Our patients and families come from all walks of life, and so do we. We know that our greatest strengths come from the people who make up our team so we hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our hospital stronger and our patient care more compassionate.

If you share our values and our enthusiasm for service, you will find a home at CM. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring, including education, ideas, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, languages spoken, veteran status, color, religion, disability and beliefs.